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Fixed Equipment Principal Engineer

City
Narrows
State/Province
Virginia

Overview:

Lead the Integrity and Reliability of Critical Manufacturing Assets
The Fixed Equipment Principal Engineer serves as the highest-level fixed equipment technical authority at the Narrows site and plays a key role in major reliability, integrity, and capital investment decisions. This role offers a clear opportunity to shape site-wide asset strategies while partnering directly with site leadership on long-term reliability and risk management priorities.

Why Narrows?

Located in Virginia's beautiful New River Valley, Narrows offers the opportunity to make a significant impact at one of Celanese's key manufacturing sites while enjoying an exceptional quality of life.

The Narrows site provides:

  • Diverse and complex chemical manufacturing operations
  • Capital investment and modernization opportunities
  • Exposure to large-scale fixed equipment systems
  • Direct engagement with site and business leadership
  • Opportunities to influence long-term reliability and asset strategies
  • A culture where engineers have visible impact and ownership

 

Outside of work, employees enjoy:

  • Affordable cost of living and short commute times
  • Easy access to Blacksburg and Virginia Tech
  • Proximity to Roanoke for expanded dining, shopping, healthcare, and air travel
  • Outdoor recreation including hiking, fishing, kayaking, camping, and mountain biking
  • Family-friendly communities throughout the New River Valley

 

This is an opportunity to build both a rewarding career and an outstanding lifestyle while helping shape the future of one of Celanese's most important manufacturing facilities.

 

Responsibilities:

What You Will Do

  • Serve as site SME for fixed equipment integrity and reliability.
  • Lead Mechanical Integrity and RBI programs.
  • Support turnarounds, outages, and asset integrity assessments.
  • Lead root cause investigations and asset reliability improvements.
  • Mentor engineers, inspectors, and reliability professionals.
  • Develop long-range asset health, replacement, and modernization strategies.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

  • BS in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
  • 10+ years supporting fixed equipment in chemical, petrochemical, refining, power generation, or similar industries.
  • Knowledge of API 510, 570, 579, 580/581, 653, ASME VIII, B31.3, and OSHA PSM.
  • Experience with Mechanical Integrity and RBI programs.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and technical problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • PE License.
  • API Certifications.
  • Capital project experience.
  • Reliability engineering experience.
  • Technical leadership and mentoring experience.

What Success Looks Like

  • Recognized authority for fixed equipment integrity.
  • Improved reliability and availability of critical assets.
  • Reduced risk from equipment degradation mechanisms.
  • Influenced major capital and reliability decisions.
  • Helped define the future reliability vision for the Narrows site.

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets, work experience, and qualifications.  The expected salary range for this Virgina position is between $128,100 to $172,800.

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Celanese is a global leader in chemistry, producing specialty material solutions used across most major industries and consumer applications. Our businesses use our chemistry, technology and commercial expertise to create value for our customers, employees and shareholders. We support sustainability by responsibly managing the materials we create and growing our portfolio of sustainable products to meet customer and societal demand. We strive to make a positive impact in our communities and to foster inclusivity across our teams. Celanese Corporation is a Fortune 500 company that employs more than 11,000 employees worldwide with 2025 net sales of $9.5 billion. For more information about Celanese Corporation and its product offerings, visit www.celanese.com.

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